Global Associate Director, Brand & Digital Experience

About the Role Novotech, a globally recognized leader in clinical research and scientific advisory services, is seeking a Global Associate Director, Brand & Digital Experience to lead the evolution of its global brand and digital presence, driving awareness, engagement, and market differentiation across key regions. Reporting to the Global Head of Marketing, this is a leadership role responsible for shaping, building, and scaling Novotech's global brand and digital presence. The role leads a globally distributed team spanning creative, content, digital marketing, and marketing technology, and is accountable for delivering a consistent, high-impact brand experience across all channels & platforms. This is not a traditional brand leadership role. It requires a unique combination of global brand building, creative leadership, digital channel expertise, marketing technology ownership, and strong operational management. The successful candidate will bring a combination of strategic thinking and execution. Responsibilities Global Brand Strategy & Development * Define, build, and evolve Novotech's global brand, ensuring a clear, differentiated, and consistent market position. * Lead the development of brand frameworks, messaging, and visual identity across global markets. * Act as the global brand authority, ensuring consistency while enabling regional adaptation. Creative Leadership (Design & Content) * Lead and direct a small team of designers and content writers, setting a high bar for creative quality and consistency. * Provide clear creative direction and feedback, ensuring all outputs align with brand standards and business objectives. Digital Strategy, Marketing Technology & Experience Leadership

• Lead and oversee a small team of digital marketers across:
• Social media (Eastern and Western channels)
• Search (SEO & SEM)
• Website strategy and development
• Define and execute a comprehensive digital strategy that supports both

brand-building and commercial objectives. * Ensure digital channels and platforms are optimized for performance, user experience, engagement, and conversion across regions. Marketing Technology & Innovation * Identify and implement technologies that improve efficiency, content development, personalization, automation, and marketing performance. * Support the adoption of practical AI tools and emerging technologies where they create measurable value. Marketing Operations, Governance & Delivery * Establish and maintain a scalable digital operating model, including governance frameworks, workflows, processes, and standards that support efficient global execution. * Own digital analytics infrastructure, reporting frameworks, attribution models, and data governance to ensure accurate measurement and actionable insights. Hands-On Leadership & Execution * Lead high-impact brand, digital, website, and strategic initiatives from strategy through execution. * Contribute directly to critical projects and strategic priorities where leadership involvement adds value. Team Leadership & Capability Development * Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing global team across brand, creative, digital marketing, and marketing technology disciplines. * Foster a collaborative, accountable, and performance-oriented culture aligned with Novotech's values and growth ambitions. Performance, Analytics & Optimization * Establish and lead a metrics-driven approach to brand, digital, and technology performance, including weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual tracking. * Develop dashboards and reporting frameworks to measure performance across regions, channels, platforms, and campaigns. Experience and Qualifications * 10+ years of experience in brand, digital, integrated marketing, or marketing technology leadership roles, with a strong B2B focus. * Proven experience developing and scaling global brands. * Strong experience leading:

• Creative teams (design and content)
• Digital marketing teams (social, SEO, SEM, web)
• Marketing technology and digital operations functions
• Demonstrated ability to lead across Eastern and Western digital channels.
• Proven experience leading digital marketing, website, marketing operations,

and enterprise marketing technology functions. * Strong understanding of CRM, marketing automation, CMS, analytics, customer data, and digital asset management technologies. * Experience developing technology roadmaps, managing vendor relationships, and driving adoption of new platforms and capabilities. * Experience implementing practical AI tools within marketing teams and workflows. * Strong hands-on capability, comfortable operating at both strategic and executional levels. * Strong project and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage complexity and drive execution. * Experience managing and developing global or multi-regional teams. Preferred Experience * Experience in life sciences, CRO, biotech, healthcare, or other highly regulated B2B industries. * Experience leading global website transformations, digital platforms, or marketing technology modernization initiatives. * Familiarity with complex, matrixed global organizations. Salary Band – Global Associate Director, Brand & Digital Experience: $160,000 to $190,000 USD – Salary offered will be based on candidates experience level. Find out more about working at Novotech at: [ Novotech is proud to offer a great workplace. We are committed to being an employer of choice for gender equality and providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated fairly and with respect. Our team members are passionate about what we do, but we understand work is only of the things that is important to them. We support our team members with flexible working options, paid parental leave for both parents, flexible leave entitlements, wellness programs and ongoing development programs. We are looking for people who are passionate about working clinical research and biotech, including people who identify as LGBTIQ+, have a disability or have caring responsibilities. We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every application. We look forward to contacting you regarding your application. Novotech is a global full-service clinical Contract Research Organization (CRO). At Novotech, ambition meets opportunity. As a globally recognized leader in clinical research and scientific advisory services, we are proud to combine our position at the forefront of the industry with an award-winning workplace culture that values ambition, innovation, and growth. Named Employer of Choice, Great Place to Work and Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE), we are committed to fostering an environment that reflects the life-changing work we do. Since 1997, we have expanded our global footprint, now with 30+ offices across Asia-Pacific, the United States, and Europe. This growing network unites professionals from diverse backgrounds and disciplines to advance therapies that improve patient outcomes worldwide. At Novotech, our employees are at the heart of our success. By offering trust, flexibility, and autonomy through programs like NovoLife, our flexible benefits framework, we empower team members to create an effective work-life balance that delivers professional satisfaction and maximum results for clients. With access to mentorship opportunities, professional development programs, and a dynamic community, Novotech offers a platform for driven individuals to achieve personal growth while shaping the future of healthcare. Join us to be a part of a team that values your contributions and supports your ambition to make a global impact. At Novotech we have advanced therapeutic and regulatory expertise, the ability to execute across markets and a client-centric service model, so that our clients get a trusted, long-term partner and an accelerated path to bring their life-changing advances to market. This gives our employees the opportunity to develop their careers by joining a diverse and supportive global organization with a collaborative culture, whilst working with clients on the cutting-edge of life sciences. At Novotech you will work alongside empowered teams with a shared commitment to success.

• Strategic vs transactional mindset.
• Ability to gain insights and make proactive decisions quickly.
• Culture that fosters partnership and collaboration, where every voice is

heard and valued. * Ongoing support from senior stakeholders and leadership team. .